Wu Junying
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of Han ethnicity, born in 1956 in Xinjiang County, Shanxi. A lover of singing from childhood, Wu Junying has devoted herself to renewing the vocal art of Puzhou clapper opera. Through years of stage practice and through study of folk songs and of sister opera genres, she has gradually developed a highly individual manner of singing that audiences affectionately call the “Junying style.” Her singing is lovely and melodious, uniting voice and feeling. Her representative works include Su San Qi Jie (Su San Sets Out Under Escort), Xi Xiang Ji (The Romance of the Western Chamber), and Song Nü (Seeing Off the Daughter).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Puzhou bangzi (Puzhou clapper opera), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; head of the Yuncheng Puzhou Opera Troupe, a first-class actor, and a winner of the fifth Plum Blossom Award for Chinese Theatre.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Puzhoubangzi Ⅳ-19
- Puzhoubangzi Ⅳ-19
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